GEN-001 (Live Biotherapeutic Product) and Avelumab Combination Study for Patients With Solid Tumors Who Have Progressed on Anti-PD-(L)1 Therapy

Sponsor
Genome & Company (Industry)
Overall Status
Recruiting
CT.gov ID
NCT04601402
Collaborator
Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany (Industry), Pfizer (Industry)
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Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

This is a phase I/Ib, first-in-human (FIH), open-label, dose escalation and dose expansion study to evaluate the safety and tolerability, biological and clinical activities of GEN-001 in patients with locally advanced or metastatic solid tumors who have progressed on at least two lines of approved therapy for their histological subtypes which includes an anti-PD-1 or anti-PD-L1 based therapy (as mono or combination), when administered as combined with avelumab.

Study Design

Study Type:
Interventional
Anticipated Enrollment :
93 participants
Allocation:
N/A
Intervention Model:
Sequential Assignment
Intervention Model Description:
Dose Escalation: Seqeuntial Group Assignment, Dose Expansion: Parallel Group AssignmentDose Escalation: Seqeuntial Group Assignment, Dose Expansion: Parallel Group Assignment
Masking:
None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose:
Treatment
Official Title:
A Phase I/Ib Study to Evaluate the Safety, Tolerability, Biological and Clinical Activities of GEN-001 in Combination With Avelumab in Patients With Advanced Solid Tumors Who Have Progressed During or After Treatment With Anti-PD-(L)1 Therapy
Actual Study Start Date :
Oct 26, 2020
Anticipated Primary Completion Date :
Jan 1, 2024
Anticipated Study Completion Date :
Jan 1, 2024

Arms and Interventions

Arm Intervention/Treatment
Experimental: GEN-001 with avelumab

Dose Escalation Cohort includes patients with advanced or metastatic solid tumors who have progressed on at least two lines of approved therapy for their histological subtypes which includes an anti-PD-1 or anti-PD-L1 based therapy (as mono or combination) will be enrolled. 3 or 6 patients will be enrolled per escalating or de-escalating dose levels. Dose Expansion Cohort includes patients with advanced or metastatic NSCLC, SCCHN, and UC who have progressed on at least two lines of approved therapy for their histological subtypes which includes an anti-PD-1 or anti-PD-L1 based therapy (as mono or combination)will be enrolled.

Drug: GEN-001
The capsules taken by mouth once a daily. Each capsule will contain ≥ 1x10^11 colony-forming units (CFU)

Drug: Avelumab
800 mg given by intravenous (IV) infusion once every 2 weeks
Other Names:
  • Bavencio
  • Outcome Measures

    Primary Outcome Measures

    1. Dose Escalation: Incidence of Adverse Events [1 years]

      Assessed as per CTCAE v5.0

    2. Dose Escalation: Incidence of Laboratory abnormalities [1 years]

      Assessed as per CTCAE v5.0

    3. Dose Escalation: Incidence of dose-limiting toxicity (DLT) [1 Cycle (one cycle = 28 days)]

      To evaluate the safety and tolerability of GEN-001 in combination with avelumab

    4. Dose Expansion: To assess objective response (OR) of GEN-001 in patients with advanced or metastatic solid tumors, when administered as combined with avelumab. [2 years]

      Confirmed OR per RECIST v1.1 by the Investigator

    Secondary Outcome Measures

    1. Objective Response (OR) [1 years]

      Assessed according to RECIST v1.1

    2. Duration of response (DoR) [up to 2 years]

      Assessed according to RECIST v1.1

    3. Progression-free survival (PFS) [up to 2 years]

      Assessed according to RECIST v1.1

    4. Overall Survival (OS) [up to 2 years]

    5. Incidence of Adverse Events [up to 2 years]

      Assessed as per CTCAE v5.0

    6. Incidence of Laboratory Abnormalities [up to 2 years]

      Assessed as per CTCAE v5.0

    7. irOR (Immune-related Objective Response) [up to 2 years]

      Assessed according to irRECIST

    Other Outcome Measures

    1. Ctrough [up to 2 years]

      Ctrough for PK parameter

    2. ADA [up to 2 years]

      Anti-Drug Antibodies(ADA) for Immunogenicity

    3. Microbiota [up to 2 years]

      fecal samples will be collected for analysis

    Eligibility Criteria

    Criteria

    Ages Eligible for Study:
    18 Years and Older
    Sexes Eligible for Study:
    All
    Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
    No
    Inclusion Criteria:
    • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 or 1

    • Have adequate organ functions as defined in the protocol

    • Negative childbearing potential

    • Have ability to swallow and retain oral medication and no clinically significant gastrointestinal abnormalities

    • Patients with diseases for which no curative therapies are available, and who have progressed on at least two lines of approved therapy for their histological subtypes which includes an anti-PD-1 or anti-PD-L1 based therapy (as mono or combination)

    • Disease progression on anti-PD-(L)1 based therapy (as monotherapy or combination therapy) and must meet criteria for acquired resistance as defined in the protocol

    • Patients who have completely recovered from any clinically significant AEs that occurred during prior immunotherapy

    • Estimated life expectancy of at least 3 months

    • Objective evidence of disease progression at baseline (Dose Escalation)

    • Histologically or cytologically confirmed, unresectable, locally advanced, or metastatic NSCLC, SCCHN, and UC (Dose Expansion)

    • Measurable disease as per RECIST v1.1 defined as at least 1 lesion (Dose Expansion)

    Exclusion Criteria:
    • Have experienced primary resistance to anti-PD-(L)1 based therapy

    • Has experienced a toxicity that led to permanent discontinuation of prior anti-PD-(L)1 based therapy or other immunotherapies

    • Has active autoimmune disease that has required systemic treatment in the past 2 years

    • Current use of immunosuppressive medication at time of study entry

    • Have an active infection requiring antibiotics, antifungal or antiviral agents or have received a course of antibiotics within the previous 4 weeks of starting study treatment

    • Has received a live vaccine within 4 weeks of starting of study treatment

    • Known history of, or any evidence of active, non-infectious pneumonitis

    • Prior solid organ or allogeneic stem cell transplantation

    • Has had any investigational or anti-tumor treatment within 4 weeks or 5 half-life periods of starting study treatment, had any major surgeries within 4 weeks of starting study treatment

    • Has received proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) within 2 weeks prior to dosing study treatments

    • Has known active central nervous system (CNS) metastases and/or carcinomatous meningitis

    • Has clinically significant (i.e., active) cardiovascular disease

    • Has known history of uncontrolled intercurrent illness

    • Has any psychiatric condition that would prohibit the understanding or rendering of informed consent or that would limit compliance with study requirements.

    Contacts and Locations

    Locations

    Site City State Country Postal Code
    1 Yale Cancer Center New Haven Connecticut United States 06510
    2 Emory University Winship Cancer Institute Atlanta Georgia United States 30322
    3 Oregon Health & Science University Portland Oregon United States 97239

    Sponsors and Collaborators

    • Genome & Company
    • Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany
    • Pfizer

    Investigators

    • Principal Investigator: Shivaani Kummar, MD, Oregon Health and Science University

    Study Documents (Full-Text)

    None provided.

    More Information

    Publications

    None provided.
    Responsible Party:
    Genome & Company
    ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
    NCT04601402
    Other Study ID Numbers:
    • [GNC] GEN001-101
    First Posted:
    Oct 23, 2020
    Last Update Posted:
    Aug 3, 2022
    Last Verified:
    Aug 1, 2022
    Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement:
    No
    Plan to Share IPD:
    No
    Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product:
    Yes
    Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product:
    No
    Additional relevant MeSH terms:

    Study Results

    No Results Posted as of Aug 3, 2022